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Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Barcelona, Spain
25 July–9 August 1992
Competitors304 (228 men, 76 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Giuseppe Abbagnale
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
8
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Giovanna Trillini Fencing Women's foil 30 July
 Gold Giovanni Lombardi Cycling Men's points race 31 July
 Gold Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 2 August
 Gold Fabio Casartelli Cycling Men's individual road race 2 August
 Gold Diana Bianchedi
Francesca Bortolozzi
Giovanna Trillini
Dorina Vaccaroni
Margherita Zalaffi
Fencing Women's team foil 4 August
 Gold Italy men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament 9 August
 Silver Flavio Anastasia
Luca Colombo
Gianfranco Contri
Andrea Peron
Cycling Men's team time trial 26 July
 Silver Vincenzo Maenza Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 29 July
 Silver Emanuela Pierantozzi Judo Women's 66 kg 29 July
 Silver Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua
Rowing Men's coxed pair 2 August
 Silver Marco Marin Fencing Men's sabre 2 August
 Bronze Luca Sacchi Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 27 July
 Bronze Bruno Rossetti Shooting Skeet 28 July
 Bronze Stefano Battistelli Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 28 July
 Bronze Roberto Bomprezzi
Carlo Massullo
Gianluca Tiberti
Modern pentathlon Men's team 29 July
 Bronze Giovanni De Benedictis Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 31 July
 Bronze Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici
Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 2 August
 Bronze Marco Venturini Shooting Trap 2 August
 Bronze Bruno Dreossi
Antonio Rossi
Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 7 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 1 4
Athletics 25 14 39
Baseball 20 20
Basketball 0 12 12
Boxing 5 5
Canoeing 12 6 18
Cycling 14 4 18
Diving 2 1 3
Equestrian 8 4 12
Fencing 15 5 20
Football 16 16
Gymnastics 6 4 10
Judo 5 4 9
Modern pentathlon 3 3
Rowing 21 0 21
Sailing 10 4 14
Shooting 12 1 13
Swimming 15 9 24
Synchronized swimming 2 2
Table tennis 0 1 1
Tennis 4 4 8
Volleyball 12 0 12
Water polo 12 12
Weightlifting 3 3
Wrestling 5 5
Total 228 76 304

Archery

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In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario Di Buò not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

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Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.09
  • Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)

Men's 800 metres

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat — 13:33.71
  • Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 28:18.48
  • Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.40 m
  • Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 20.25 m
  • Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 20.14 m
  • Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 32:17.01
  • Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 55.49
  • Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

  • Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Heat — 60.80m
  • Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

Baseball

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Italy was not very successful at the premiere of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Italy - 7th place (1-6)

Team roster

Basketball

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Women's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Lost to Brazil (70-85)
  • Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
  • Lost to Cuba (53-60)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place
  • Team roster

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1992.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's individual pursuit

Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
  • Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

Equestrianism

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Fencing

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20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance
  • Team roster

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event.

Individual
Team
  • Roberto Bomprezzi
  • Carlo Massullo
  • Gianluca Tiberti

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 470 Class

  • Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's Competition

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle


Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming

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Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

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Men's team competition

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  • Team roster

Water polo

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Italy – Hungary 7-7
  • Italy – Netherlands 6-4
  • Italy – Cuba 11-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-9
  • Italy – Greece 8-6
  • Semi Finals
  • Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
  • Final
  • Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  2. ^ Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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